On Wednesday, the country’s sports minister, Ahmad Donyamali, told state television that the country’s team would not participate in the tournament in the U.S. “considering this corrupt regime has assassinated our leader,” according to the New York Times.
A nation that has made war on multiple countries within the last year is not fit to host an international sports event. More teams should drop out.
Not only is the Untied States hostile attacking other countries, they’re arbitrarily imprisoning tourists. It’s madness to let them host an international event
Just talked to someone here on business and he was unfair to have been sent here and his family had wanted to go to American amusement parks for a vacation and he said absolutely no way with this administration.
Imagine if Spain boycotted. Ask to play their games in Canada or Mexico.
Good. The Untied States probably would have kidnapped the team
And after months of captivity deported them to a country the have no connection to.
Wanted to say something similar - that they would probably get interrogated and spend eternities in custody before getting dropped somewhere in central Africa
considering this corrupt regime has assassinated our leader
As a sport hating atheist it’s very weird to agree with the sports minister of a theocracy.
But you gotta admit, that’s a completely accurate assessment and a reasonable reaction.
Every other country should stay home too. This is little different from having the Cup in Russia while they are in an illegal war against Ukraine.
FIFA too is a bunch of criminals. There can be no doubt about it, when they arrange a special FIFA peace price to give to Trump, that is 100% bribery, meaning FIFA engaged openly in corruption of a political leader.
Boycott USA.Infantino can thank this year’s FIFA Peace Prize awardee. Curious to know who’s going to receive it next year. Putin? Kim?
It might have more to do with the fact the last team they sent decided not to come back.
I hope they pay this just as promptly as Trump has paid so many of his bills.
